[Lu Xiaofeng] Beside the flowers and the willows

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Hua Manlou was a little surprised when he heard the words, took the banknote and carefully touched both sides, then put it under his nose and smelled it carefully, then shook his head and said: "There is nothing unusual. .”

"This is the biggest problem." Hua Manting closed his fan, frowning slightly.

Hua Manlou was a little puzzled at first, but after pondering for a while, he quickly understood what his brother meant, and was a little surprised: "Could it be that this banknote is..."

The few people were still in the busy city at the moment, and it was really inconvenient to say something clearly, but Hua Manting understood that Hua Manlou had already guessed it, nodded, and then handed over a bank note.

Hua Manlou took it over and touched it carefully again—it was exactly the same as the previous one, without any difference.

But it is exactly the same, so it is the crux of the problem——Hua Manlou's fingers gently stroked the slightly raised ink stain on the right side of the bank note, and his expression was rare and dignified: "Herringbone 980 No. [-] ?”

The Hua family in the south of the Yangtze River is the richest, with so much wealth, it is said that riding a fast horse for a day is still within the property of the Hua family.The Datong Bank, which has branches all over the country and has an excellent reputation, is the property of the Hua family, and the banknotes that Huamanting took out are all "Datong Banknotes" from the Datong Bank.In order to facilitate management and identification, each bank note is numbered according to "Heaven, Earth and Man", and the ink is quite thick, without any repetition. However...the two in front of me are exactly the same character 980 two Number.

If it wasn't for the double number, it would be absolutely impossible for him to find out that the two silver notes were fake.But even if he finds out that the bank notes are fake now, it is impossible to announce them to the public—once the common people know that there are such indistinguishable bank notes, it will inevitably cause a run. It's going to be ruined.

"So," Hua Manting saw that he had realized the seriousness of the matter, sighed lightly, and came to the final conclusion, "This matter must be resolved as soon as possible, and the imperial envoy will arrive in a few days."

——The Datong Bank is not only the property of the Hua family, but the other big master behind it is the imperial court. The imperial court uses the branches of the Datong Bank all over the country to balance the circulation of official banks in various places.If the imperial envoy found out about the fake banknotes after they arrived, the Hua family would definitely be convicted of mismanagement.

The Coppersmith's Shop is not far from Baihualou. When passing by Taibaiju, the best restaurant in the city, Huamanting stopped by to pack some food and wine. The few people had already returned to Baihualou before they knew it. Ting consciously put the food and wine in his hand on the table one by one, but when he turned around, he saw Hua Manlou turned his head to the side, handed the fake banknote in his hand to Liu Mogui, and then took out another one from his bosom. Really handed it to her together:

"Amo, can you tell if there is any difference between the real and the fake banknotes?"

Hua Manting raised his eyebrows in surprise, but he didn't stop him. He pulled out his chair and sat down, looking at the two people leisurely, but he wasn't worried that Liu Mogui, an "outsider", would leak this matter out— ——Hua Manlou's intuition, he has always had no doubts, since Hua Manlou thinks she is a trustworthy person, he naturally has no objection, not to mention... With this girl's behavior and demeanor, it is really unreasonable. Will be a mean villain.

Liu Mogui took the banknote, read it over and over carefully, carefully comparing each place, and after a long time, finally shook his head: "If it's not the same number, it's true, There is no difference."

Hua Manlou shook his fan thoughtfully, as if he had thought of something, and suddenly asked, "Ah Mo, if you were you, could you imitate such an exact printing plate?"

"Hmm..." The little girl blinked her eyes, picked up the two banknotes again, looked at them carefully, and then nodded, "The printing plates are exquisitely made, and it is very troublesome to imitate them." , but if you give me a month, I can do exactly the same."

As soon as these words came out, Hua Manlou didn't show anything special, just nodded, as if the little girl's answer was in his expectation, but... Hua Manting's eyes widened all of a sudden, and his face was full. Unbelievable: "This is impossible..."

The most feared thing about banknotes is counterfeiting, but they are bound to encounter counterfeiting, so the Hua family hired Zhu Ting, the world's most skilled craftsman and known as the "Master Boss", to make printing plates—because The printing plate he made was absolutely impossible for anyone to imitate, so he had always suspected that it was fake made by Zhu Ting.But the little girl in front of him... was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and she had a naive and ignorant face. How could he believe that the little girl could be compared with Zhu Ting?

When her ability was questioned, the little girl puffed up her face a little aggrieved, and was about to say something when she saw Hua Manlou standing beside her. Looking at Hua Manting really, he didn't back down: "Yes, if you don't believe me, I can make one and show it to you in a month."

"This..." Hua Manting looked at the little girl's swearing appearance, and felt a little suspicious in his heart, so he involuntarily turned his gaze to Hua Manlou.

"Brother Six," Hua Manlou smiled, and reached out to pat the little girl's head to comfort her, "Ah Mo said he can do it, so he must be able to do it."

As soon as Huamanlou finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of footsteps from behind. Huamanting was a little surprised that there were other people in Baihualou. Looking in the direction of the footsteps, he only saw a round machine. A, but the little girl had already let out a low cry, trotted all the way and pounced on it, hugging that mecha affectionately.

"Qitong, this..."

"It's Ah Mo's mecha man," Hua Manlou smiled and explained to his elder brother, "Ah Mo's master is a master, Sixth Brother doesn't need to doubt it."

"This is A-Gump," the little girl hugged A-Gump, and introduced to Hua Manting solemnly, "he is my good friend."

A-Gump has always been lively and unafraid of strangers, and is also very friendly to people, but this time, perhaps because he heard Hua Manting's questioning of the little girl before, for the first time, he didn't show a "good face", but turned around with some dissatisfaction , unwilling to bother.

The little girl secretly glanced at Huamanting and Huamanlou, then turned around and stretched out her finger to poke A-Gump's chubby body:

"You can't be so rude to Hua Manlou's brother!"

Yes, he was the sixth elder brother before, but now he has directly retreated into "Hua Manlou's elder brother". It seems that the little girl is really wronged in her heart. Hua Manting shook her head amusedly. Still a little curious, but already digested the scene beyond his own understanding, got up and walked to the little girl, bent slightly, with a sincere apology in his tone:

"Sorry, it's my fault, I underestimated Ah Mo, I hope Ah Mo will not be angry with Sixth Brother."

"It's okay..." The little girl scratched her head in embarrassment, A-Gump seemed to understand Hua Manting's words, turned around, and rubbed Hua Manting's leg in a friendly way.

Hua Manting felt that it was really fresh, and curiously stretched out his hands to touch its round body, but A-Gump suddenly became shy, and quickly hid behind the little girl, refusing to come out, but still showed half of his body Looking out...the funny look made Hua Manting laugh out loud.

Because the heavy atmosphere brought by the counterfeit banknotes faded a lot without knowing it—the little girl and A-Gump seem to always make people feel better... Hua Manlou smiled, and his expression became more and more gentle , but still had to remind the three "people" who were having fun over there:

"Ah Mo, Sixth Brother, let's talk while eating, or the dinner will be cold."

……

Huamanlou lived alone in Baihualou most of the time. Speaking of which, he and Huamanting hadn't seen each other for a long time. The two brothers immediately poured wine and continued to discuss the fake bank notes while drinking.

"Although I believe in Zhu Ting, I always feel that no one can counterfeit the printing plate, so he can only be the only suspect, but..."

When Hua Manting said this, there was a slight pause, but Hua Manlou immediately continued knowingly: "But since Ah Mo can imitate it, naturally there may be other masters imitating it."

"That's right." Hua Manting took a sip of wine and nodded, "Maybe Zhu Ting will know if there is such a person. I reported to the official before I came, but there is no news for the time being, and I don't know where Zhu Ting is at the moment. Qitong, you and Lu Xiaofeng are old friends, and Lu Xiaofeng and Zhu Ting are also old friends, so I came to ask you for help."

Hua Manlou took a sip from the wine glass, smiled and shook his head: "This is the Hua family's business, and I have a duty to do it, so how can I count as helping?"

"That's right, Brother Six is ​​too polite!" Hua Manting laughed loudly, and took a big gulp of wine with his head raised.Hua Manlou also laughed, and was about to say something more, but suddenly heard a strange voice coming from beside him, the two of them turned their heads together, but they were all taken aback for a moment——

The Hua brothers drank, and Liu Mogui naturally had no share. He sat on the sidelines and ate food obediently, but... probably because the two were so absorbed in their conversation that they didn't notice her, and the little girl was quite curious about the wine. Brother Pei never let her drink alcohol!Seeing that neither of them paid attention to him this time, driven by curiosity, he finally couldn't hold back, hugged the wine jar secretly, and poured some for himself...

So when the two brothers of the Hua family turned their heads, they only saw that the wine jar was half empty, and the little girl was holding the wine glass and drinking in small sips, her face was flushed, and her usually clear and clear eyes were already blank.

Of course, Huamanlou couldn't see her eyes and expression, he could only smell the strong smell of alcohol all over the little girl's body, and... felt her body temperature was almost scalding.

The author has something to say: Daddy Huamanlou after drinking and messing around [Hey!I saw my broken morals all over the floor...

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